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• Twenty Most Influential Figures in China’s Cyberspace

  

  In the post-Olympics China, another round of media crackdown is clearly underway. Still, the Southern Metropolis Weekly just profiled 20 of the most influential bloggers and commentators in China’s cyberspace, who possess considerable power in shaping public opinions in the country, translated by CDT’s Linjun Fan:

  “A whole new world of expression and influencing public opinion has come to China with the spread of the Internet. The Internet provides people in China an unprecedented platform to express themselves, a place that’s boundless and centerless, and has brought about an explosion of personal expression.

  Traditional elites in the Chinese society can no longer monopolize the power to shape public opinion, as ordinary citizens and anonymous bloggers are becoming more and more influential in online forums and blogs.

  One can no longer ignore the boisterous opinions posted on the Internet, because they are powerful enough to bring significant change to the real world.

  A group of opinion leaders stands out among the sea of bloggers and commentators on the Internet. Some of them were originally well-known intellectuals, and their influence has been expanded by the Internet. Some of them were not known to the public at all, but the Internet has given them an opportunity to reach an audience of tens of millions.

  They come from a variety of professions, ranging from business executives to employees, from officials to scholars, from professors to freelancers. But they belong to the single community of netizens when they express their opinions on the Internet.
  　　
  We have selected 20 of them as representatives in order to paint a collective portrait of the influential figures in China’s Internet era.

  Those selected are active on the Internet, are well-known to the public and possess a considerable amount of power in influencing public opinion.

  They are different from traditional intellectuals not only in the tools they use — instead of pen and paper, they use keyboards and web pages — but also in their style of writing. They are much more personal and casual…

  They are put into six categories, based on the subject and style of their writings:
  Public Enlightenment: He Weifang, Li Yinhe, Xiao Han, Wang Shuya;
  Criticism on the Establishment: Song Zude, Han Han, Fang Zhouzi;
  Satire: Tao Tie, Qian Liexian, Wang Xiaofeng, Hecaitou;
  General Commentary: Shiniankancai, Wuyuesanren, Lian Yue, An Ti, Yang Hengjun;
  Rebellious: Mu Zi Mei, Luo Yonghao;
  Business & Economics: Han Zhiguo, Ren Zhiqiang. ”

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  • December 7, 2008 9:48 PM

• Is the Chinese Academy of Science the Culprit of the Melamine Poisoning?

  

  From the China’s Scientific & Academic Integrity Watch blog:

  The crisis of tainted food is still spreading deeper and wider in China. Melamine contamination is now found in milk, dairy products, candies, and chicken eggs. It has now become apparent that, for many years, the chemical melamine has been added to animal feed and milk to artificially inflate the reading of protein levels. This intentional act is responsible for the pet food scare a year and half ago and has now caused four infant deaths and thousands of children in hospitals suffering from kidney stones and other illnesses.

  Although the addition of melamine has been a wide-known secret in China, nobody really know how it got started. About a month ago, a netter posted in XYS an advertisement of technology transfer, dated July 30, 1999, from the Chinese Academy of Science. The ad promotes a new, cheap, and easy-to-make additive for animal feed that would boost the nitrogen content of the feed. It had a simple description of the raw materials (industrial organic chemicals and fertilizers) and equipments (boilers, mixers, and driers) involved and a price for the expertise and training. It did not, however, disclose the name or content of the additive.

  See also a previous CDT post: “Greed, Science, and Melamine,” from an Asia Times article.

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  • November 15, 2008 1:22 PM

• Criticism can be sensible exchange – Raymond Zhou

  

  From Raymond Zhou blog:

  A philosopher has thrown down the gauntlet and asked a science maverick to a duel. Since we are living in the 21st century, to make it “civilized,” in the philosopher’s words, whoever loses the contest will commit suicide “in a civilized manner.”

  You might think this is a plot from a romantic story penned by Pushkin.

  But no, it happens in present-day China, and is more of a raucous farce than a play of burning passion and green-eyed jealousy.

  The philosopher is Li Ming ÔºàȪéÈ∏£Ôºâ, who claims he has solved the “four-colour theorem” by using the theories of Lao Tzu ÔºàËÄÅÂ≠êÔºâand Kant ÔºàÂ∫∑Âæ∑Ôºâ. Actually he cracked the case six years ago. It all boils down to six pages, three for text and three for graphs. [Full Text]

  See also related Chinese article here.

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  • September 3, 2006 7:43 PM

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